ATO scammers turn up at house dressed as police with eftpos machine

SA Police say two men turned up to another man's house with an eftpos machine demanding money after earlier calling him pretending to be from the Australian Taxation Office .Two men dressed as police then turned up at his house with an eftpos machine demanding moneyPolice say yesterday the Salisbury Downs victim received an automated phone message telling him he had a tax debt and that a warrant had been issued for his arrest.

He suspected it was a scam and called the number back, but did not provide any further personal details. Police say that about 30 minutes later, two men turned up at his home wearing blue jackets with the words"Federal Police" on them. They identified themselves as police officers, told the victim he had a tax debt and produced an eftpos machine.Police described the men as of"Indian subcontinental and Asian appearance", one aged in his 20s and the other in his 40s with an American accent.

"A quick call to the ATO confirmed there was no outstanding tax debt and the victim immediately reported the matter to police," SA Police said in a statement.Northern District detectives have urged anyone who saw the two men or who have experienced similar incidents to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Public service announcement - If police turn up at your front door with an eftpos machine you should call 000

yeah right...

For a start police don't carry eftpos machines, anyone who fall's for that you deserve to get ripped off

Globe trotting scammers know that they can do these hit and runs because so long as they keep moving from city to city and country to country there is little chance that they will be apprehended. Global customs and border security systems need to integrate with phone metadata.

Now you’ve got to have some balls to do that.

Desperate times call for desperate measures

Why are you referring to the person as 'the victim'? They didn't get robbed, they saw through the scam. 👏Not 👏 everyone 👏is 👏a 👏victim.

Because that's how much of a joke Australian police are... We ACTUALLY expect them to be doing this..

Stay tuned. ATO scammers will be turning up at hospitals with eftpos machines up their bums.

What a stupid scam! Who’s going to fall for that?! Anyone who’s ever paid any tax, ever knows the ATO doesn’t work like that. Furthermore, Federal police won’t come to your door, armed with an eftpos machine!

5head thinking right there

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